Archive for January, 2009

Do you think they noticed?

I wonder this frequently, and have done for many years now. I’ve always known that I was, well, different. For most of my life this difference didn’t have a name, but my awkwardness in social settings in particular was obvious to me from at least my early teens. I’ve developed techniques over the years to [...]

In the zone

I’m not in the zone as yet. By the time I finish writing this, though, I most likely will be. The zone is my blinkered mode of complete absorption in whatever I’m doing. If I’m working on something I enjoy, then getting in the zone comes easily, and without any concious effort on my part. [...]

Are you angry with me?

I never needed to ask this question. I used to know the answer. If you were angry when you talked to me, then you were angry at me. It was my fault. This isn’t your usual inferiority complex or some-such at play, however, it’s something else. I think it’s come from a common AS problem, [...]

One emotion

Happy, sad, elated, despondent, angry. I have all the same emotions as you do. However, when it comes to experiencing these emotions, I only ever see one at a time. When I first started researching AS, I read Tony Attwood’s book The Complete Guide to Asperger’s Syndrome. For someone with AS, this is a great [...]

The momentum of life

Life has a momentum to it. Perhaps everyone’s life does. Raising a family, working for a promotion at work, striving towards long term goals. All of these give you a momentum in life. The momentum I’m talking about here is much shorter term than any of these though – it’s the daily momentum of what [...]